[PATCH] drm/display: hdmi: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in sync_scdc()
From: Cristian Ciocaltea
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 18:28:44 EST
The connector pointer is used to initialize the local variables hdmi and
dev before the NULL check takes place, leading to the following Smatch
complaint:
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c:663 drm_connector_hdmi_sync_scdc()
warn: variable dereferenced before check 'connector' (see line 657)
Move those initializations after the sanity check to avoid a potential
NULL pointer dereference.
Fixes: d653818324ed ("drm/display: hdmi: Add HDMI 2.0 scrambling management helpers")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/arJo7A7L5hud3tyc@stanley.mountain/
Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c
index f85cce3d6254..872f7e32e8d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_helper.c
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_hdmi_disable_scrambling);
int drm_connector_hdmi_sync_scdc(struct drm_connector *connector, bool plugged,
struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
{
- struct drm_connector_hdmi *hdmi = &connector->hdmi;
- struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
+ struct drm_connector_hdmi *hdmi;
struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
+ struct drm_device *dev;
struct drm_crtc *crtc;
u8 config;
int ret;
@@ -663,6 +663,9 @@ int drm_connector_hdmi_sync_scdc(struct drm_connector *connector, bool plugged,
if (!connector || !plugged || !ctx)
return 0;
+ hdmi = &connector->hdmi;
+ dev = connector->dev;
+
/*
* This is normally part of .detect_ctx() call path, which already holds
* connection_mutex through @ctx. However, re-acquiring it with the
---
base-commit: 37b346eab23aead52d17a8fa687056bfc651a416
change-id: 20261002-hdmi-sync-scdc-fix-deref-1813077dd48a